Op Ed

Polygon - I won't buy Battlefield Hardline at launch, and neither should you.It's hard to tell them apart, isn't it? Battlefield games are going to
launch with the same issues, it's going to take a while to fix them and the
same excuses will be trotted out as an explanation. Keep in mind that
article, with those quotes, was written before EA and DICE dropped the ball
for months on the Battlefield 4 launch. The series had a terrible track
record even before Battlefield 4 fell as it left the gate.

To say that these problems now come as a surprise, or that any of the
companies involved don't see them coming, is folly. It's become impossible
to pretend that this isn't a trend, or to become hopeful the problems will
go away.